Library Guides: Public Health: Environmental Health

Research Databases

PubMed
PubMed is one of the premier biomedical literature databases. This is great place to start for any research question with a medical component.
Web of Science: Core Collection
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Web of Science (WoS) is large, multidisciplinary database that is best used if other resources have not proved helpful. WoS also includes the Journal Citation Report which compares journals of the same topic and can be useful if looking for possible journals to publish in.
Scopus
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Scopus is general database, covering a wide range of topics. I recommend using very specific search strategies for this database.
Toxicology Abstracts
This database is the only comprehensive resource for professionals in this field and is specifically focused to meet the needs of toxicologists. The database covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues.

TOXNET
Resource for toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.

SciFinder
SciFinder is a means of accessing the Chemical Abstracts database using a powerful and intuitive search engine to find references to articles easily. Search for chemical data using a molecular formula, chemical name, chemical structure, reaction components, author name, or topic of interest.
Google Scholar
If you are off campus, you can use this link to authenticate your Purdue credentials, which will allow Google Scholar to determine if you have access to full text articles through the Libraries' resources.

Michigan Journal of Public Health
The mission of the Michigan Journal of Public Health is to promote public health practice, research and policy with specific focus on Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. We encourage contributions from the field of practice, original research, opinion and commentary. It is the expressed interest of this Journal to encourage dissemination from the field of public health practice. The Michigan Public Health Association is the organizing entity of the Michigan Journal of Public Health.

Data.Gov
Data sets from US government departments and agencies
openFDA
endpoint downloads from US Food and Drug Administration.
CDC data and statistics
Portal to all of the data and statistics collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Healthy People
Main landing page for the the Healthy People initiative. Includes data from 2000, 2010, and the upcoming 2020 version.
Health Services Research Information Central
Curated list of available health services data sources from a variety of sources.
National Center for Education Statistics
Government data sets related to education, including crime rates, literacy, and more.
National Center for Health Statistics
Quick access to a variety of data health statistics on US populations.
Global Health Observatory
Collection of information and data from the World Health Organization.
Additional data resources
This is a list of health statistics and data sources maintained by the University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library has a large list of additional resources.
Stats Indiana
Landing page for Indiana's public data utility, focusing on health related topics.
NIEHS Resources for Researchers
A collection of links to resources maintained or funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS)